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Tell HN: Google Maps know where I'm at when tethered to my phone (in Chrome)
This seems like some sort of magic to me.<p>I'm tethered to my iPhone 3GS (I have dev account, using SOCKS proxy) and I pull up google maps in chrome.<p>I click the "My Location" button, and it pinpoints me 20 ft from my house, which I just moved in to today (hence the tethering)<p>If I was on my phone this would make sense... but I'm on a laptop using a 3G connection from a phone and receiving no other information from the phone.
- timrobinson 16y agoI don't know the reason, but I could guess that: - Your phone has an IP address - Your IP address is assigned to a cell tower - Google knows where each cell tower is located
- juiceandjuice 16y agoExcept for the fact that it pinpointed(!) my address and showed an error range of ~30 feet. Unless there's a cell tower on my roof that I'm not aware of, it still doesn't make sense.